Character-holding device



Jill a, 1924.

H. H. HOOD CHARACTER HOLDING DEVICE Fil'ed March 21 I r. i r

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Patented July ,8, 1924.

UNITED STATES.

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HARRISON H. HOOD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THIMMEWAY TITLES, INC., OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

CHARACTER-HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed March 21, 1923. Serial No. 626,649.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON H. HOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Character-Holding Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding and displaying characters to be photographed in conjunction with picture films.

ing description and appended claims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective illustration in somewhat enlarged scale ofa simple form of the holding device with character-dis playing bodies inserted.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank form, illustrating the manner in whichthe device is stamped out and folded.

The holding device is preferably stamped out of sheet material, having proporti0nally large central perforations 3 and 4, which, in the folded and finished device, are one in front of the other, so to say in align- The remaining edges form the frame-like holding device, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The proportionally large central perforations serve to allow a displaying'of different characters through the frame-like structure.

The characters are 7 preferably photographically reproduced on the film, and the single or grouped characters are arranged so that they may be seen through the perforations in the frame-structure. To protect the prepared side of the film, a protecting block 5 is provided, so that the film 6 may be placed against the block with its repared side, as indicated at 7 While p acing the prepared side of the film so that it faces the protecting block protects the film andthereby the displayed character to some extent, the film is further protected by the frame-structure by the fact that the thick- I ness of the material of the frame-structure tends to prevent a scratching or damaging of the film, as clearly illustrated at 8. The rear side, indicated at 9, of the film or character-displaying sheet is normally held back of the outer surface of the frame-structure, indicated at 10.

The character-displaying sheet 6 may for this reason be made of very delicate or sensitive material, as of a thin photograph-film; and, when disposed in the frame-structure as described hereby, the character-holding and displaying device may be handled without particular care with perfect safety as to the durability of the whole structure.

The frame-structure is preferably stamped out in blank forms as illustrated in Fig. 2. Punching the proportionally larger central sight-openings 8 and 4, the material left around these openings is proportioned strong enough to support the inserted character-displaying bodies. The upper and lower edges 11 and 12 are slightly wider than the upright edges 13. The narrow upright edges 13, however, are sufiiciently strong by being reinforced by the portions 14, 15 and 16. The portions 14 are bent along the dotted lines 17, and are also bent'practically along the center at 18, so that the two practically equal frame-portions, formed by the edges 11, 12 and 13, are brought opposite one another and practically parallel to each other, leaving a space between the two frames for the characterdisplaying bodies to be inserted as illustrated in Fig. 1. The outermost port-ions 15 and 16 are bent along the lines 19, somewhat inwardly, to suitably engage over the outwardly projecting or extending portions 14 of an adjoining second frame-structure.

It will easily be understood that the individual character-displaying bodies may be used in assembled form, with several characters placed side by side to form a desired sentence or expression. The frame-structures must then, of course, be provided with suitable engaging edges to fill the spaces between the characters displayed inthe several assembled character-holding frame-structures, so as to make the group of displayed characters appear in a sharp and uninterrupted manner.

One form of engaging the adjoining edges of grouped character-displaying members is made clear by the illustration in Fig. 1.

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Slightly modified forms can easily bepro vided as long as the edges on one framestructure can come close to the edges of an adj oiningframe-structure in the mannerdescribed above.

The form illustrated in the drawing is a preferred form, since the structure can be;

finished in the stamping dies. The oppositely arranged frames, formed by the edges 11, 12' and 13, allow a springing to such an extent-that-a protecting bloeli and a thin film may easily be {placer-1 between the opposite frames. yield enough that a protecting block and a thin film may easily be slipped-into position. The flaps 15 and16, on the other hand,v have enough springing capacity-to-firmly engage the inserted protecting block and thin film. In. fact, thesespring-l-ike edges have the tendency to firmly draw the-thinfi lm against the protecting block when inserted' together. The spring-likeflaps l5 and 16 also tend to draw the otherwise open or split frame-structure together when engaging over the inserted block; thereby hold ingthe oppositely arranged'frames towards each other.

Having thus described my invention, 1

extending from the parallel portionsbeiit upon the parallel portions somewhat inwardly to be practically parallelto" the*V- 2; charaoter-holdingframe-structure made of sheet material folded upon itself and having sight-openings in the oppositely folded portions inalignment with one 'another, the, free edges of the portions opposite the folded edge being bent to form spring-likeeengaging edges for firmly holding inserted material.

3; In combination with character-displaying bodies, a frame-structure made of sheet material folded upon itself and having sightopenings. through which characters displayed'on the said bodies may appear, the free edgesof the oppositely folded portions opposite the folded edge being bent to form spring-like engaging edges for firmly holding the said bodies within the folded framestru'cture i 4:. In combination. with character-displaylng bodies, the bodies having, engaging edges, a frame-structure made of sheetmaterial folded-upon itself and having sightopenin-gs in the oppositely folded portions in alignment with one another through'which characters displayed on the said'bodies may appear, thefree edges of the folded portions opposite' the folded edge being formed to engagewith the said engaging edges of said bodies for firmly holding the bodieshetween the folded portions andthereby holding the folded"portions engaged" over the insertedubodies. 7

In testimony that I claim the. foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRISON noon. 

